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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ekwari is a village in Guthani mandal, Siwan district, Bihar, with a population of 613 across 83 households. The village has a literacy rate of 63.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NAINPATI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 232199
- Pincode
- 841239
- Post office
- Mairwa
- Population
- 613
- Households
- 83
- Literacy rate
- 63.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1078 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 339
- Distance to district centre
- 112 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 46 km
- Distance to Patna
- 66 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 488 km
- Nearest railway station
- Charpokhari Halt · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Khursheed Ahmad Memorial Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ekwari compares
By population, Ekwari ranks #72 of 105 villages in Guthani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.1%
+3.3% vs mandal average
- Ekwari
- 63.1%
- Guthani mandal
- 59.8%
- Siwan district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,078
+84 vs mandal average
- Ekwari
- 1,078
- Guthani mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
7.4
+1.4 vs mandal average
- Ekwari
- 7.4
- Guthani mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ekwari at a glance
Ekwari is a village of 613 people in 83 households (Census 2011) in Guthani block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 72nd-largest of 105 villages in Guthani block. Literacy is 63%, 3 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,078 women per 1,000 men. It lies 112 km from the Siwan district centre, 0 km from Ekwari, the nearest town, 13 km from Charpokhari Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 841239, served by Mairwa post office; the LGD village code is 232199. The nearest hospital or health centre is Khursheed Ahmad Memorial Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is NAINPATI DEVI, and the village votes in Barhara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghvendra Pratap Singh. The population is estimated at 723 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ekwari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MAIRWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Biswar
- Total area (ha)
- 32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ekwari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ekwari
- LGD code
- 232199
- Pincode
- 841239
- Post office
- Mairwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 613
- Population (projected 2026)
- 723
- Households
- 83
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1078
- Literacy rate
- 63.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.28330°N, 84.58330°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arrah
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhara
- Member of Parliament
- Sudama Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghvendra Pratap Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NAINPATI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Guthani
- Nearest railway station
- Bakulha (57.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ekwari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna66 kmcapital
- Kolkata488 km
- Delhi819 km
- Hyderabad1081 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationCharpokhari Halt13 km
- Bus stopMahabalipur15 km
- Hospital / PHCKhursheed Ahmad Memorial Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India20 km
- Collegeveer kunwar singh college32 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Masaurhi46 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
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